Dental Implant Complications - Woodbury, MN

When gum disease has taken hold around a dental implant, it poses a serious threat to not only your oral health but also to your dental implant investment. Without proper treatment, the bone that supports your implant can begin to deteriorate and the gum tissue recedes. This can lead to implant failure. Dr. Wilhelm can perform peri-implantitis treatment to remove the infection from around your implant, preserving your oral structure and health as well as rebuilding the tissues that were lost.

If you have been in an accident that caused trauma to your implant or the area surrounding it, you may need emergency treatments. We can restore damaged or lost bone tissue with bone grafting to secure your implant again. If any damage has happened to the crown, as a trained prosthodontist, Dr. Wilhelm has the skill and expertise to repair the damage and give you a gorgeous smile once again.

When you need to have implants placed in areas that are visible when you smile, like your front teeth, this is often considered a dental implant complication due to the precision required. Luckily, Dr. Wilhelm excels at placing “smile zone” implants with the help of guided implant technology and his education as a prosthodontist provides you with the most attractive and natural-looking implants.

When it comes to placing implants in the upper molar area, extra precision and care must be taken because of the lack of jawbone due to the sinus cavity residing above. We are able to carefully access this cavity, raise your sinus membrane and place bone grafting material underneath to allow for proper bone volume to support a dental implant.